Ptolemy

(90 c.-168 c.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ptolemy, 2nd cent. LBT ID: ClPtole VIAF ID: 54152998 LOC ID: n50032768	B/BAP: 0090 DIED: 0168
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Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer.
REFERENCES TO Ptolemy: Sir Walter Scott to Jane Scott, 20 March 1825 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Sydney Smith to Philip Howard, [17 November] 1827 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 1 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) The Author’s Visit to Italy. Found 1: ¶ 157 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I 1825 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1827